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Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding : acted at the Globe, and Black-friers, by His Majesties Servants

by: Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616; Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, author; Leake, William, -1673, printer

Publication date: 1652

Publisher: London : Printed for William Leake, and are to be solde at his shop at the signe of the Crown in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple gates

Collection: bplsctpbs; bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Item Size: 209.8M

Mainly by Beaumont

In this edition, the title page has a woodcut illustration of a crown, and "solde" and "signe" in the imprint. The other "Fifth impression" has an illustration of two rows of seven fleur-de-lis and "sold" and "sign" in the imprint

The names of the theaters and the authors' names are enclosed in brackets on title page

Headpieces; initial

Printer's advertisement on title page verso

Signatures: A² B-I⁴.

Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration

English short title catalogue

Cataloged

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the third of four items bound together in a single volume titled "Beaumont & Fletcher Plays." This volume contains [1]: Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding / the authors being Francis Beaumont, and Iohn Fletcher (1634) -- [2]: Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding / the authors being Francis Beaumont, and Iohn Fletcher (1639) -- [3]: Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding / the authors being Francis Beaumont, and Iohn Fletcher (1652) -- [4]: Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding / the authors being Francis Beaumont, and Iohn Fletcher (1652 -- fifth impression)